2022 October 2

    Jeff Gaskin writes: Good things to report!!!

   First of all, I met Marie O’Shaughnessy at McIntyre Road reservoir today, October 2,  and immediately we started seeing sulphurs.  I would say we had two or three Clouded Sulphurs and two for sure Orange Sulphurs. Marie was able to take some pictures. Also, in the Martindale valley we counted 38 Cabbage Whites.

   Then, I coerced Marie into driving to Markham Road, where I had seen a nice, crisp looking Lorquin’s Admiral back on September 22, and we found to our amazement that it was still there.  This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Lorquin’s Admiral in October, and Marie took a few pictures.  The butterfly’s colours are still quite vivid, but it is missing little parts of its wings.

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

  Robert Fraser photographed a Lorquin’s Admiral in the Swan Lake parking lot today:

Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Robert Fraser

   Marie O’Shaughnessy photographed a worn Painted Lady on the top of Mount Tolmie today:

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Marie O’Shaughnessy

 

   Val George writes:  This moth, George’s Carpet Moth  Plemyria georgii , was on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, October 2.

Plemyria georgii (Lep.: Geometridae)  Val George

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I saw (didn’t photograph) an Autographa californica flying around at Longview Farms in Central Saanich today.